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Read lines 33-37 of Passage 1. ROMEO I do protest I never injured thee, But love thee better than thou canst devise Till thou shalt know the reason of my love; And so, good Capulet,which name I tender As dearly as mine own, be satisfied. What dramatic irony is presented in this excerpt? Romeo loves Tyball, but Tybalt considers Romeo a villain. The audience realizes that Romeo has always wanted to be Tybalt's friend. Romeo has harmed Tybalt in the past in ways Tybalt cannot imagine. The audience knows that Romeo and Tybalt are now related by marriage.

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The dramatic irony presented in this excerpt is that Romeo professes his love for Tybalt, expressing that he loves him more than Tybalt can comprehend, while the audience knows that Tybalt considers Romeo an enemy.